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Patented Oct. ,5, 1909.

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El maznfo o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. MITCHELL, OF NEWBURGI-I, NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of boxes requiring a seal to bedisplayed in its entirety, thereupon, until the contents of the said boxhas become exhausted, and the object thereof is to provide a novelconstruction whereby the greater portion of the box top may be removed,to clearly display the contents thereof, and permit the seal to bedisplayed at the same time.

My invention resides specifically in the following features ofconstruction, arrangement and operation, hereinafter described withreference to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box in its closed position, withthe seal secured thereabout in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal sectional view taken therethrough, and, Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the box, with its main cover or lid removed, andits supplemental cover thereon, displaying the seal in its entirety.

In the embodiment of my invention, as shown, I provide a box comprisinga body 1, having a main longitudinal cover or lid 2, hinged by aflexible strip 4 along one longitudinal edge of the said body, andprovided with a reduced end 3, terminating a short distance from thecorresponding end of the body 1. Secured along its longitudinal edge, toone end of the box body 1, by a flexible strip 6, is a relatively shortand transverse supplemental cover 5, provided with its oppositelongitudinal edge reduced, to overlap the reduced end 3 of the maincover or lid 2, to permit the surfaces of the cover 2 and 5, to lieflush with one another in the closed position. In accordance with myinvention, a seal 8 such as ordinarily used upon cigar boxes and thelike, is pasted centrally and longitudinally of the supplemental coveror lid 5, thereby extending transversely of the box body 1, with its endextending downwardly upon the side, and terminating upon the bottom ofsaid box body. Thus, when the box is opened, the supplemental cover 5must first be raised, thus breaking the seal,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 16, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 467,799.

adjacent the surface of the box body, and permitting the main cover 2,to be raised. This cover, according to my invention, is then removed, bytearing it off from its binding strip 4, and the box body may thus beplaced within a show case or the like, with its supplemental lid 5 heldin the position shown in Fig. 3, thus displaying the greater portion ofthe contents of said box body, and also displaying the original seal 8in its entirety, and intact, except for the break therein at the surfaceof the box body, and the end of said middle cover 5, caused by theraising of the latter. My invention is thus especially adapted inconnection with cigar boxes, whereby the same may occupy a minimum spacewithin a show case, to the advantage of the ordinary cigar box which hasa one-piece lid extending the whole length of the box, and which must beturned back upon the box, thus taking up unnecessary room, in order thatthe seal originally placed upon the box of cigars, may be displayed inits, entirety when it is required.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

1. A box of the character described requiring a seal to be displayed inits entirety until the contents of the box have been exhausted,comprising a body, a main cover or lid hingedly connected along onelongitudinal edge of said body and adapted to be removed, and arelatively short supplemental cover or lid hingedly connected along itslongitudinal edge to one transverse edge of said body and overlapping aportion of said main lid, for the reception of a seal extendingthereover and around the said body, whereby when the main lid is raised,the seal must be broken substantially as described.

2. A box of the character described, requiring a seal to be displayed inits entirety until the contents of the box have become exhausted,comprising a body, a main longitudinal cover or lid hingedly connectedalong a longitudinal edge of said body and adapted to be removedtherefrom, said main cover or lid being provided with a reduced endterminating a distance from the corresponding body end, and a relativelyshort transverse supplemental cover or lid hingedly connected along oneof its longitudinal edges to one end of the said box body, and providedwith its opposite longitudinal edge reduced and overlapping the saidreduced end of said main cover or lid, its surface lying flush with thesurface of said main cover or lid, and being adapted for the receptionof a seal extending thereover and around the said body, whereby when themain lid is raised, the seal must be broken substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. MITCHELL.

itnesses WVILLIAM GEORGE LIARSDEN, DAVID J. Ross.

